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From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri
President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned a Cancer Centre at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH).
Buhari while inspecting the facilities at the centre on Thursday, commended the hospital management.
Chief Medical Director, Prof Ahmed Ahidjo, said the facilities include HD Versa, and Electa machines, among others.
“This hospital is one of the best in West Africa because of the latest facilities there,” Ahidjo disclosed.
He said the hospital is also conducting research on increasing kidney cases in the Borno State and parts of the northeast, through a N50 million grant provided by the state government.
He said the centre has a unit for treating kidney stones with infusion without opening it. “It has two
theatre; operation theatre and urology,” he explained.
President Buhari also commissioned 24-flats Doctors’ Quarters in the hospital built by the Borno State government.
